president to this one, and i mean klassy with a k in this context. one of the real nice things with this transition, the transition didn t really happen, everywhere from the pentagon to the parts of the government dealing with the vaccine rollout, the outgoing trump administration refused to do normal transition things that would have allowed the incoming administration to understand what they were walking into. how the trump people were leaving things, what remained to be done and needed to be picked up immediately on day one by the new team. the trump folks just had no interest in helping keep the government going by helping the new administration hit the ground running. and so the transition in many ways was nonexistent, and one of the consequences of that is in the month or so since joe biden was inaugurated as president, we have repeatedly heard from the new administration that they were surprised by things they didn t find out were going wrong inside the government unti
the incoming administration to understand what they were walking into. how the trump people were leaving things, what remained to be done and needed to be picked up immediately on day one by the new team. the trump folks just had no interest in helping keep the government going by helping the new administration hit the ground running. and so the transition in many ways was nonexistent, and one of the consequences of that is in the month or so since joe biden was inaugurated as president, we have repeatedly heard from the new administration that they were surprised by things they didn t find out were going wrong inside the government until they were in position to be running things, things they didn t get briefed on during the transition because the trump administration blew off the transition. like, for example, surprise, there s no national plan for administering vaccines. we all thought they were doing that. we all assumed there was some sort of plan whatever the trump admi
running so the transition in many ways was knopf exist tent. and one of the consequences of that is in the month or so since joe biden was inaugurated as president, we have repeatedly heard from the new administration that they were surprised by things de thpts know were going wrong until they were in position to be running them, things they didn t get briefed on because, like, for example, there is no national plan for administering vaccines. we all assumed there was some sort of plan but since there was no transition nobody knew for sure until they were gone there was no national vaccine plan at all. then the republican senate refused to move forward on nominees. in past administrations no matter who controlled the senate, there was at least that. it can all happen during the transition provided that the senate wants to work on those things if it happens during the transition, the final votes can happen on inauguration day. so particularly for national security nominees tha
and so, the transition in many ways was non-existent. and one of the consequences of that is, in the month or so since joe biden was inaugurated as president, we have repeatedly heard from the new administration that they were surprised by things they didn t find out were going wrong inside the government until they were in position to be running things, things they didn t get briefed on during the transition because the trump administration blew off the transition. like, for example, surprise, there s no national plan for administering vaccines. we all thought they were doing that. we all assumed there was some sort of plan, whatever the trump administration s plans might have looked like. but since there was no transition from the trump folks to the biden folks, nobody really knew for sure until they were gone that, actually, there was no national vaccine plan at all. the lack of a transition also became a nice backdrop for the republican-controlled senate to refuse to move
you would extend a credit line on a vis a vis saw or visa or mastercard. when the u.s. government does that, it s sort of that on steroids. welcome, everyone, beautiful weather throughout much of the country. not all of the country, we ll get to that later in the show. a threat of a hurricane off the southeast coast of the united states. but let s not focus on that. let s focus on the political storm that s brewing right now between democrats and republicans and not just between the parties, but within the democratic party itself over a key vote presumably on monday on infrastructure but just infrastructure, that lean and mean $1 is trillion package that pales in comparison to the $3.5 trillion, much bigger and maybe much bigger than $3.5 trillion measure that progressives are pushing for and democrats all need to get on the same page. they are not, not by a long shot. let s get the latest from jacqui heinrich in washington where things stand now. reporter: good morning t